CN103826906A

CN103826906A - Identification of an electric vehicle adjacent to a power replenishment station

Info

Publication number: CN103826906A
Application number: CN201280045475.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 莫蒂·科恩
Original assignee: Better Place GmbH
Current assignee: Advanced management company limited
Priority date: 2011-08-16
Filing date: 2012-08-15
Publication date: 2014-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-15
Also published as: WO2013024483A3; JP2014534790A; KR20140078622A; JP6389761B2; CN103826906B; WO2013024483A2; EP2744682A2; US20150306967A1

Abstract

The present invention concerns a technique (method and a system) for use in servicing of electric vehicles at power replenishment service stations. The technique of the invention enables identification of a respective vehicle located at the power replenishment service station by carrying out the following: receiving and processing user request data from at least one power replenishment service station for identifying therein user data indicative of a user requesting power replenishment service, receiving and processing data from control systems of vehicles for identifying certain data including at least specific vehicle data, and processing the user data and the specific vehicle data and identifying the respective vehicle located at the power replenishment service station to thereby enable management of services to be provided to the respective vehicle.

Description

The mark of the electric vehicle adjacent with the supplementary station of power

Technical field

The present invention relates to supplement station service electric vehicle and relate to particularly and be identified at power and supplement near electric vehicle public service station, station at power.

Background technology

The vehicle (such as roadlice, Truck, Airplane, Boat only, motor bike, the autonomous vehicle, robot, forklift truck etc.) are the integral parts of modern economy.Regrettably, fossil fuel as be commonly used to the vehicle provide the oil of power to there are many shortcomings, these shortcomings comprise that they depend on limited fossil fuel source, the so true and such fuel in the geographic position position of source through being everlasting changeable produces pollutants and may cause climate change.A kind of is the fuel efficiency that increases the vehicle for the mode addressing these problems.

Recently introduced gasoline-electronic mixed traffic instrument, their the significantly less fuel of traditional internal combustion homologue of these vehicle consumption rates, they have better fuel efficiency.The all-electric vehicle also receive an acclaim.Battery is brought into play key role in the operation of such mixing and the all-electric vehicle.Utilize typical electronic vehicle battery, electric vehicle can travel before need to be to recharging of battery/replacing in the distance range of approximately 160 kilometers.Then need battery charging or exchange to exhausting to travel to allow the vehicle to exceed single charging driving range.

Summary of the invention

The electric vehicle (EV) that comprises the vehicle of electronic (mixing) of part or all-electric driving utilizes service to supplement their battery charging state conventionally.Supplement EV power generally by power supplement station (being public service station), such as the battery public service station that comprises charging rod and/or battery swap system provides.For suitable service is provided to EV, importantly determine/mark is installed the type/type of the battery of service, with it at least one in corresponding sequence/identification number or mark thereon type/type/the sequence number of the vehicle of battery.

The data that mark is corresponding with any one or multiple mark option in the mark option of enumerating above or be suitable for identifying EV or any other data of the battery installed thereon are alternatively called vehicle identity at large and here or with the vehicle relevant data definite.

Can for example need vehicle identity with one in permission the following or multinomial: to present the bill for the battery supplemental services giving to the EV of mark; Determine the suitable charging agreement for EV being charged by charging rod; Be identified for the charging plan of the battery charging to EV.The latter can need use to indicate the typical consumption of power of the data of the state of the battery in EV, EV and the information about the user of EV and the driving habit of Ta.

Conventionally be necessary to identify by the type/type of supplementary battery to allow to augment appropriate charging plane or permission communicating battery and another compatible battery.Particularly, for the battery charging to EV in battery-charging station, wishes/need to identify in many cases battery and obtain to concrete battery information, such as the access of charge history, battery condition etc.Utilize so concrete battery information to allow to provide cost effective and efficient battery charging.Can obtain battery types or mark for example, by mark battery itself (its sequence number) or by the type or the mark that identify the EV that battery is installed thereon.

In order further to improve the efficiency of power supplemental services, also may wish to obtain following information, this message identification is by the EV in public service station service and/or identify its user.Such data allow the information of safeguarding and utilization is relevant with use, and this information can be used for providing the power being more suitable for supplemental services/plan to EV.Like this with use relevant information can for example comprise the vehicle use historical, estimate/use of prediction, user's profile (such as driving style or custom, conventional foundation and timing), consumption of power etc.

But generally speaking, current not for identifying the efficient way that is positioned at power and supplements the type/type/sequence number of near EV station or the battery of EV, and particularly, be difficult to mark and be positioned at the battery of for example, EV battery-charging station (charging rod) near.For the current standardized cable of EV charging is not arranged to the data communication between charging rod and the EV of service.As a result of, communication deficiency/gap comes from EV and can not send identification information to public service station.Like this, there are the needs for easy and efficient system and method at public service station mark electric vehicle (and/or its battery) for one.

Particularly, conventionally implementing to provide the public service station of battery charging service is charging rod.Normally system/the facility of relatively low cost (for example, with battery-exchange station comparison) and being deployed in relative large quantity and by dense distribution (for example, down to being spaced from each other several meters) in the region that user wherein often parks their vehicle a few hours (in industry park and residence area) of charging rod.As a result of, various vehicle identity technology, such as vehicle license plates mark/identification may be due to relative complex and expensive tag system and also due to their bad performances near irregular environmental conditions (vehicle can be positioned charging rod by various orientations) and be not suitable for charging rod.Identification technology also depends on radio communication between the vehicle and charging rod, such as WIFI, may suffer following adverse effect, that is: the in the situation that of multiple charging rod, the vehicle are produced to ambiguous mark or unnecessary mark, and near the vehicle of process charging rod are produced to error identification.

The present invention allow to make up power supplement station with by the communication gap between the EV serving thus and overcome shortcoming described above.According to certain aspects of the invention, by utilize with user's the equipment cell phone of the user-association of EV (for example with) communicate by letter to make up this gap.These can be by various communication capacity/modules of utilizing various cell phones to be equipped with, as near-field communication (NFC), radio frequency identification (RFID), bluetooth (BT) and WLAN (WLAN/WIFI) are realized.

For example user equipment can be used at power supplemental services station (public service station) identifying user.Power supplements station can further send this subscriber identity data (customer data) to indicate which user's current request to be served by public service station to central station (control center).Such communication between user equipment and public service station can be based on radio communication.For example, in certain situation under---wherein some power supplemental services station (charging rod) is positioned at mutual near neighbor---, near-field communication technology (such as NFC) and RFID preferably by public service station for identifying user or user's mobile phone, therefore avoid ambiguous and error identification user.For example public service station can be mutually for example, away from the coverage (being less than 100 meters) that is no less than WIFI and BT technology.Under these circumstances, user can be equipped with the handheld device of near-field communication technology (such as NFC) and RFID to come and mark itself approaching to public service station by utilization.

It should be pointed out that can be based on radio communication, such as the above radio communication about the communication description between user equipment and EV communicating by letter between user equipment and public service station.Also should be appreciated that user equipment can be handheld device, such as cell phone, phone or NFC card, and user's equipment also can with the control system integration of EV, in this case, EV itself can be considered as user's equipment.In some cases, user equipment, except passing on user profile in public service station, is further notified the service plane of being initiated by station (for example battery charging/exchange) to the control system in the vehicle.

In some cases, user equipment also can be used for identifying him to the control system of the vehicle of the current use of user of the vehicle.The vehicle then can to central system (control center) pass on this customer data associated with the vehicle with indicate it current/user at that time.The handheld device associated from control system EV user also can be consumed the service different with the computing machine of the vehicle (for example surfing on the net etc.).For this reason, according to some embodiments of the present invention, can utilize communicating by letter with the two identifying user of the control system to public service station and EV between EV and user's mobile phone.

In the time of public service station place identifying user or before identification procedure or afterwards, the control system of EV is passed on and is comprised the data relevant with the vehicle customizing messages of (comprising the data of the mark of indicating the vehicle) to control center.The data that control center then can cross reference receives from various EV and the data that receive from public service station and determine at specific service station/charging rod associated with by between the concrete EV of service thus/charge.These data of cross reference are used for coupling between the special vehicle and the supplementary station/system of special power can be by assisting from one or more vehicle of the vehicle, one or more public service station from public service station and/or the additional data/information that provides/send from another data repository associated with control center.

Additional information/the data that for example provide from the vehicle can comprise the following one or multinomial: the position of the vehicle that receive as the gps system that can be loaded with from the vehicle, the user list associated with the vehicle and/or indicate the relevant customer data of active user's the current and vehicle of EV and with the associated other factors of the vehicle.In addition additional information/the data that for example provide from public service station, can comprise customer data, public service station position and/or with user or the public service station associated other factors of indication current request from the user of the service in public service station.And then additionally, the further information/data providing from the data repository associated with control center can for example comprise the EV list associated with particular user.Can be by utilizing such additional data and may also determining mating between EV and public service station by utilizing the timing of data communication event to come (for example, in control center).

Therefore, according to the present invention, in control center from various electric vehicles (EV) and the data that obtain from various public service station for determining which vehicle/battery near which public service station and correspondingly determining that each station is by the power supplementary scheme type and/or the scheme that provide to each vehicle.

According to a broad aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of for promoting to serve the service system of electric vehicle.Service system comprises: one or more communication module, for being connected to communication network; And treater facility, be configured and can be used to execution the following:

-receive and process from user's request data at least one power supplemental services station and be identified at the customer data in user's request data;

-reception and processing comprise at least specifically particular data of vehicle data from data and the mark of the control system of the vehicle; And

-processes user data and at least concrete vehicle data are positioned at power with mark and supplement the corresponding vehicle at station, and generate the corresponding vehicle of indication data, realize thus the Service Management of the corresponding vehicle.

According to some embodiment, the particular data receiving from the control system of the vehicle comprises that indication is used the user's of the vehicle the customer data associated with the vehicle.Treatment facility can be configured and can be used to determines that mating and determining thus between the customer data of the customer data associated with the vehicle obtaining from one or more vehicle and for example, one or more user request (supplementing from one or more power user's request data that station receives) indication is positioned at and concrete power supplements the adjacent concrete vehicle of standing.

Alternatively or additionally, according to some embodiments of the present invention, treatment facility is configured and can be used to carries out the following to determine the corresponding vehicle that are positioned at power supplemental services station: user's the mark for marking of service and the list of multiple vehicle of user-association that (a) supplement station based on request at power; (b) acquisition one or more factor associated with in the vehicle and user at least one; (c) utilize these one or more factors supplement mating between the user of service at station to determine in the corresponding vehicle and request at power, determine thus with multiple vehicle of user-association in which corresponding vehicle be positioned at that to supplement station adjacent with power.In certain embodiments, comprise at least one factor in these factors at the particular data receiving from the control system of the vehicle.These one or more factors can for example comprise in the following one or multinomial: from being positioned at charging event that the vehicle adjacent with power supplemental services station receive, using historical, the battery service history with user-association, the position of the vehicle with the vehicle of user-association.

Therefore,, according to some embodiments of the present invention, at least one item that treatment facility is configured and can be used to by carrying out in the following identifies the corresponding vehicle adjacent with the supplementary station of power:

A. coupling (for example receiving together with the user request for service) customer data and indication are used the user's of the vehicle the associated customer data with the vehicle; And

B. filter indication and the data of the list of multiple vehicle of user-association and process the data of indication list by utilization one or more factor associated with in the vehicle and user at least one.Filtration comprises at least one in the following:

At least one item in the vehicle of-utilization and user-association and battery use history and the vehicle of the frequent use of definite user are the described corresponding vehicle;

The charging event data that-coupling receives from the particular vehicle list and the charging event receiving from the supplementary station of power;

The position of the particular vehicle of-coupling in list and the position that receives the supplementary station of described power of user's request from it.

According to some embodiment, system of the present invention is configured and can operates as the control center that can be connected to one or more power supplemental services station via communication network.One or more communication module of this system comprises: electric vehicle (EV) communication module, be configured and can be used to and communicate by letter with the control system of multiple EV and at least receive vehicle data from control system, and station communication module, be configured and can be used to the supplementary station of one or more power and communicate by letter and receive for supplementing station from one or more power the user's request data that at least comprises customer data.In some cases, EV communication module is arranged to and is positioned at by the vehicle conciliation that near power it supplements station and communicates by letter with the control system of the vehicle.

According to some embodiment, system of the present invention comprises vehicle steady arm module.Vehicle steady arm module is suitable for utilizing the data that receive from the control system of the vehicle and the data of supplementing station reception from one or more power to supplement station to determine near the specified power that the vehicle are positioned at it.

According to some embodiment, system of the present invention comprises battery information module.Battery information module is suitable for the supplementary respective operations data of power of utilizing vehicle data and being identified for the vehicle.Conventionally, then the communication module of standing is suitable for being positioned near specified power it to the vehicle and supplements station and send described service data.

According to some embodiment, system of the present invention is for example, with the control system of (one or more power supplements station/system) power replenishment system associated.This system comprises: identification module, and at least obtaining the customer data that carrys out the user-association of the power supplemental services at the supplementary station of ultromotivity with request.One or more communication module of this system comprises: control center's communication module, can be connected to identification module and be suitable for communicating by letter with control center at least send to control center the supplemental services of indication request power user customer data and receive the respective operations data of the power supplemental services providing to user's the vehicle from control center.In some cases, this system further comprises: replenishment control device, can be connected to control center's communication module and be suitable for utilizing the service data of supplementing the associated power replenishment system in station with power for operating.

According to some embodiment, wherein this system is associated with the control system that power supplements station, and identification module can be suitable for carrying out at least one in the following:

-be used for from the user's of user equipment reception indication request power supplemental services customer data with communications of user equipment,

-communicate by letter with the control system of the vehicle for receiving vehicle data from control system,

-communicate by letter with the control system of the vehicle for receive the user's of indication request power supplemental services customer data from control system,

-at least one obtain the corresponding data associated with the vehicle of passing on to control center from the control system of user equipment and the vehicle.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the supplementary station of one or more power that power supplements in station comprises one or more battery charging rod.Alternatively or additionally, power supplements one or more power in station and supplements station and comprise one or more battery swap system/stand.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, at least one power supplements station and comprises identification module, and identification module comprises and being suitable for and near communications of user equipment public service station at least one communication facilities for RFID, NFC, BT and WIFI communication facilities from user equipment reception customer data.In certain embodiments, one or more communication module in the communication module of this system is configured and can be used to communications of user equipment for receiving at least one of the following from user equipment: vehicle data, indication use the vehicle user the associated customer data with the vehicle and with the vehicle and user at least one associated one or more factor.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, this system (for example one of its communication module) is suitable for the control system radio communication of the vehicle for receiving at least one of the following from control system at least partly: vehicle data, indication use the vehicle user the associated customer data with the vehicle and with the described vehicle and described user at least one associated one or more factor.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, after determining that being positioned at specified power supplements near the vehicle standing, this system (for example treater facility) is configured and can be used to the battery information of the mark vehicle and supplements station to specified power and pass on for serving the service data of battery.Service data can for example comprise at least one in the following: the battery information of the battery of the indication vehicle and/or for serving the battery supplementary scheme of battery.Under latter event, battery supplementary scheme is determined according to battery information and can be comprised for the service data of the battery charging to the vehicle and/or for changing the service data of battery of the vehicle.In this regard, it should be pointed out that according to some embodiments of the present invention, this system (for example treatment facility) also can be suitable for determining whether that authorized user receives the power supplemental services for the corresponding vehicle.

According to another broad aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of for serving the method for electric vehicle.The method comprises: receive and process the customer data that is used for identifying in user's request data the user of indication request power supplemental services from user's request data at least one power supplemental services station; Reception and processing comprise at least specifically particular data of vehicle data from the data of the control system of the vehicle for identifying; And processes user data and at least concrete vehicle data, and mark is positioned at the corresponding vehicle at the supplementary station of power.Then generate the data of the corresponding vehicle of indication to realize thus the management of the service providing to the corresponding vehicle.

Some embodiment of the method according to this invention, the particular data obtaining from the control system of the vehicle comprises that indication is used the user's of the vehicle the customer data associated with the vehicle.Alternatively or additionally, the method comprises: user's the mark for marking based on the supplemental services of request power and the list of multiple vehicle of user-association; Obtain with by least one associated one or more factor in the vehicle of serving and user; And utilize one or more factor to be positioned at adjacent with the supplementary station of power to determine which the corresponding vehicle in the multiple vehicle in list.Particularly, can utilize one or more factor with filter list and determine thus mating between one of vehicle in list and user.One or more factor can for example comprise in the following one or multinomial: the charging event that receives from the vehicle adjacent with power supplemental services station, with the vehicle of user-association use historical, with the battery service history of user-association and the position of the vehicle.

In this regard, mark is arranged in the method step of the corresponding vehicle that supplements station adjacent (for example, with user-association) with power and can comprises at least one of the following:

The indication of-coupling is used the user's of the vehicle customer data and the customer data associated with the vehicle,

-provide with the list of multiple vehicle of user-association and by least one in utilization and the vehicle and user associated one or more because of filter list usually.

According to some embodiment, method of the present invention comprises that at least one process of carrying out in following process is for receiving at least one in customer data, vehicle data and/or one or more factor associated with at least one of the vehicle and user:

-be used for receiving described customer data from user equipment with communications of user equipment,

-communicate by letter with the control system of the vehicle for receiving customer data,

-at least one item from the control system of user equipment and the vehicle obtains the corresponding data associated with the vehicle of at least one that comprise in the following: vehicle data, indication use the vehicle user with associated customer data and one or more factor of the vehicle.

According to some embodiment, the method further comprises the supplementary respective operations data of power of utilizing vehicle data and being identified for the vehicle.In this regard, the method can comprise identify the battery information of the corresponding vehicle and to specified power supplement station pass on for serving the service data of battery.Can for example determine service data according to battery information.Service data can comprise the battery supplementary scheme of at least one for carrying out the following; Battery charging to the vehicle and the battery charging of the replacing vehicle.In some cases, the method also comprise definite/verify that whether authorized user receives the power supplemental services for the corresponding vehicle.Only, after definite user has the right to use such service, provide service data to power supplemental services station.

Be to be understood that, although such as NFC card and the such facility of GPS can be for objects of the present invention, but the present invention is without the GPS of combination and any processing of NFC data, but utilize EV mark and the coupling between the charging rod in public service station of in the user ID that embodies, system in the vehicle, storing in NFC card.Can be with the conciliation of cell phone, realize this coupling by the indirect communication between these unit.

Also should be appreciated that according to system of the present invention it can is a kind of computing machine of suitable programming.Similarly, the present invention imagines a kind of computer program, and this computer program can read one or more methods for carrying out above description and following further specifically described method by computing machine.The present invention is a kind of machine readable memory that visibly embodies instruction repertorie of imagination further, and this instruction repertorie can be carried out and is used for carrying out one or more methods of the present invention by machine.Thereby, can utilize computer system to implement service system of the present invention, this computer system can with at least one power supplemental services station and with in electric vehicle, install/control system that electric vehicle carries communicates by letter.Service system can be positioned at via network and can be connected to the control center at multiple remote power supplemental services station or can be positioned at concrete power supplemental services station, or can be between power supplemental services station and control center the facility of distribution service system.

Accompanying drawing explanation

In order to understand disclosure and to understand how can realize in practice it, only by non-restrictive example, embodiment is described now with reference to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates electric vehicle network.

Fig. 2 is that diagram is according to the high level block diagram of the example distribution formula computer system of some embodiment.

Fig. 3 is that diagram is according to the block diagram of the command center system of some embodiment.

Fig. 4 is that diagram is according to the diagram of circuit of the method for the mark of some embodiment vehicle adjacent with battery service system.

Fig. 5 is that diagram is according to the block diagram of the information using in the time identifying the vehicle adjacent with battery service system of some embodiment.

Fig. 6 is illustrating according to the power supplementary network that comprises control center and public service station of the present invention.

Fig. 7 A be that diagram is carried out control center by power supplementary network, for identifying the diagram of circuit of an embodiment of the method for the vehicle of being served by public service station.

Fig. 7 B is diagram by the diagram of circuit for an embodiment allowing in the method for public service station mark EV of being carried out by EV control system.

Fig. 7 C be diagram public service station by carry out for allowing to identify EV and obtaining the diagram of circuit for an embodiment of the method for the service data of service vehicle.

For clear, can there is unit public or identity function or purposes with same numeral indication in the drawings.

The specific embodiment

Method and system for identifying the electric vehicle adjacent with battery service system is described.With reference to specific embodiment of the present invention, illustrate in the accompanying drawings the example of these embodiment.

In the following description, set forth many details so that thorough understanding of the present invention to be provided.But those skilled in the art are by clear, still can realize the present invention without these details.In other example, do not specifically describe method, process, parts and network that those of ordinary skills know in order to avoid fuzzy aspect of the present invention.

Here the term using in the description of embodiment is not only intended to limit the present invention for describing specific embodiment.As used in the description of the present invention and claims, unless context separately has and expresses, singulative "/one " and " being somebody's turn to do " are intended to also comprise plural form.Also will understand, term "and/or" refers to and contains any in one or more project in the project of associated listed and likely combine as used herein.Further will understand, term " comprises " while use in this manual specifies the feature, whole, step, operation, unit and/or the parts that there are statement, exists or adds one or more further feature, whole, step, operation, unit, parts and/or its combination but do not get rid of.

Fig. 1 illustrates according to the electric vehicle service system/network 100 of some embodiments of the present invention.Electric vehicle service system 100 is for example, with one or more vehicle (vehicle 102) associated, these one or more vehicle again be arranged to that to be assembled to one or more power brick (for example power brick 104) of the vehicle associated.In certain embodiments, power brick 104 is removably assembled to the vehicle 102.Also in certain embodiments, power brick 104 comprise can storage of electrical energy any equipment, such as, such as, such as battery (lithium ion battery, lead-acid battery, ni-MH battery etc.), cond, reaction cell unit (Zn-gas battery unit) etc.In certain embodiments, power brick 104 comprises multiple indivedual batteries or battery unit/chemical module.In certain embodiments, power brick 104 also comprises cooling mechanism and for the vehicle 102 or power brick 104 being connected to machinery and the electric coupler of the various unit at power supplemental services station 120.

Can implement electric vehicle service system/network 100 for can via communication network and one or more power supplemental services station (for example, with its control system/controller) and with in electric vehicle, install/computerized system that control system (for example airborne computer) that the vehicle carry is communicated by letter.

As noted above, due to the communication deficiency of the existing standard for EV charging, lack the accurate and robust techniques for identifying the EV adjacent with charging rod.For reason described above, for the prior art of vehicle identity may be in the time being used in charging rod, particularly in the time that bar is positioned at mutual near neighbor, provide accurately and reliable results.The present invention by provide one can by comprise Battery Charging Station (for example charging rod) any type public service station use accurate and reliable EV identification technology solve this problem.For this reason, thus service system 100 is arranged near the EV being identified at public service station realizes the corresponding vehicle of service.

Electric vehicle service system 100 can with the central station (being called interchangeably command center system or control center here) 110 associated (being for example positioned at this central station) that can be connected to multiple remote power supplemental services station via communication network, for example, or it can associated with concrete power supplemental services station 120 (being positioned at concrete power supplemental services station 120), or can be between power supplemental services station 120 and control center 110 facility of distribution service system 100.Point out that term power supplemental services station and battery public service station are used in reference to interchangeably for any power supplemental facilities of electric vehicle here, include but not limited to battery-exchange station/system 134 and Battery Charging Station/bar 132.Battery public service station comprises one or more power replenishment system.As used herein, term " power replenishment system " refers to charging rod and/or the battery swap system at power supplemental services station.In certain embodiments, these parts of service system 100 as by reference disclosure is incorporated into this, title be Electronic Vehicle Network, on September 19th, 2008 submit to the 12/234th, in No. 591 U.S. Patent applications more specifically explanation be connected to like that relevant power and data network.

In certain embodiments, vehicle 102(is here also referred to as electric vehicle) comprise one or more electro-motor of taking turns 103 that drives the vehicle.In certain embodiments, electric vehicle 102 can be mixed traffic instrument, for example also comprise that natural fuels provides the engine of power, this mixed traffic instrument can be used for independent or drive in combination the vehicle with electro-motor 103 one or more take turns.In these embodiments, electro-motor 103 is from (illustrate for ease of explanation from the vehicle separate) power brick 104 received energies.

Can or charge to the power brick 104 of the vehicle 102 at one or more Battery Charging Station/bar 132 in user 105 family 130.For example battery-charging station 132 can be positioned at shopping mall parking area.Battery-charging station 132 is coupled in the vehicle 102 and provides energy so that power brick 104 is charged at it.Corresponding battery-charging station 132 can comprise one or more charging rod (for example 132-1 and 132-2).Charging rod comprises the electric system that is arranged to the battery charging to corresponding electric vehicle.

In addition, in certain embodiments, can the power brick of the vehicle 102 104 be exchanged in one or more battery-exchange station 134 to the power brick of charging.Therefore, the battery swap that exhausts (or part depletion) can be become to the battery of charging, thereby user can continue his/her travelling and not wait for recharging of battery.Battery-exchange station 134 is following public service station, and in these public service station, user can be exchanged into the power brick that exhausts (or part depletion) 104 of the vehicle 102 power brick 104 of charging.Respective battery switching station 134 comprises one or more battery swap system.Respective battery exchange system comprises and is arranged to the mechanical system of exchange for the battery of corresponding electric vehicle.

In certain embodiments, for example battery-exchange station 134, battery-charging station 132 and/or charging rod 132-1 and 132-2 of power supplemental services station 120() can comprise the Subscriber Identity Module 122 that can obtain/receive subscriber identity data (here also referred to as UID).Subscriber Identity Module 122 can be configured and can be used to via with user (hand-held) equipment 121, such as RFID/NFC card/unit or mobile device, cell phone etc. communicate by letter to receive customer data UID.For example charging rod 132-1 and 132-2 comprise the near field communication reader (for example 133-1 or 133-2) that is arranged to near-field communication equipment (for example transmitter) the reception user ID of carrying from user 105 separately here.Customer data UID for example can be embedded in, in user's the NFC module or other communication module/card of equipment (customer data can be hard-coded data).Alternatively or additionally, can carry out user by communicating by letter of setting up between Subscriber Identity Module 122 and user equipment 121 and authenticate/come into force agreement.For example can use such agreement to prevent swindle and/or ambiguous user ID.The user of the battery supplemental services (for example battery swap and/or charging) from public service station 120 is sought in the general indication of customer data UID, or in other words, customer data UID presents for user's request data of power (battery) supplemental services or the part of this user's request data.Such user's request data may further include identification information or the network address of respective battery public service station/system.

Here describing the vehicle 102 is to be positioned for being positioned in the time that power replenishment system receives battery service adjacent with power replenishment system at the vehicle 102.For example the vehicle 102 can be positioned at and be positioned at when adjacent with charging rod from the vehicle neighbour coverage area of charging rod (conventionally) at the vehicle.Alternatively, the vehicle 102 can be positioned at when adjacent with battery swap system and be positioned in battery swap system at the vehicle 102.

In certain embodiments, the power station/system of supplementing is connected to command center system 110 via communication network 150.About Fig. 2, the example distribution formula computer system corresponding with electric vehicle service system 100 described.

Fig. 2 is that diagram is according to the high level block diagram of the example distribution formula computer system 200 of some embodiment.System 200 comprises for example Battery Charging Station 132 and/or the battery-exchange station 134 in Fig. 1 of one or more electric vehicle 102, one or more power replenishment system/stand 120(), communication network 150 and command center system 110.One or more electric vehicle 102 and one or more power replenishment system 120 are connected to command center system 110 via communication network 150.Conventionally, multiple electric vehicles 102 are associated with system 200 with multiple power replenishment systems 120.In certain embodiments, multiple power replenishment systems 120 are positioned at mutual near neighbor multiple charging rods of battery-charging station 132 (for example).The various embodiment of command center system 110 are implemented in method described herein.

Command center system 110 can comprise one or more the server/communication module that is connected to communication network 150.Alternatively, one or more server is connected to communication network 150 via front-end server (not shown).In certain embodiments, front-end server transports (and alternatively resolve) request of importing into and formatted response in request and the response and/or the out of Memory that send to other server or power replenishment system 120 to the suitable server of command center system 110.In certain embodiments, front-end server transports information between the vehicle and command center system 110.Such information can comprise afferent message, such as the data relevant with the vehicle, these data can for example be indicated mark, the active user of the vehicle and/or the position of the vehicle of the vehicle.

Command center system 110 generally includes one or more application and one or more data bank for the operation of dynamics of management replenishment system 120.For example power replenishment system 120 can be arranged to by the registered user of current reservation (for to battery charging or exchange) respective battery service project and use.When service in the relative users request of corresponding electric vehicle 102 at corresponding power replenishment system 120, can inquiry command centring system 110 confirm whether request users are current authorized for service.For example, can inquiry command centring system 110 confirm whether request user subscribes battery service project.In addition, in some cases, battery service project can have specific limited to battery service (for example battery swap sum monthly, by the gross energy using in the time that battery charge, remain account balance etc.).Under these circumstances, can inquiry command centring system 110 confirm request users whether can be according to his or his battery service project receive the service of request.Based on determining, request user can be allowed to or refuse the service of request or his or his the battery service project of can being prompted to upgrade.

Command center system 110 generally includes about Fig. 3 specifically described for identifying and for example vehicle steady arm module of vehicle identity application 118(of electric vehicle of asking user-association).

Fig. 3 is that diagram is according to the block diagram of the command center system 110 of some embodiment.Command center system 110 generally includes one or more processing unit (also referred to as CPU, microprocessor or treater) 302, memory device 304, one or more network or other communication interface/module 306 and one or more communication bus 308 for these parts that interconnect.In certain embodiments, communication bus 308 comprises interconnection system components and is controlled at the circuit arrangement (being sometimes referred to as chipset) of the communication between system unit.In some other embodiment, command center system 110 comprises user interface (not shown) (for example having the user interface of display equipment, keyboard and mouse or other indicating equipment), but more generally such as, controls and these FTP client FTP visit order centring systems 110 from various FTP client FTPs (desktop, above-knee, pocket computer etc.).

The memory device 304 of command center system 110 can comprise high-speed random access memory, such as DRAM, SRAM, DDR RAM or other random access solid-state memory device; And can comprise nonvolatile memory, such as one or more disk storage device, optical disc memory apparatus, flash memory device or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices.Memory device 304 can comprise one or more storage equipment of remotely locating from CPU302 alternatively.Memory device 304 or the alternatively non-volatile memory devices in memory device 304 comprise the non-transient computer-readable recording medium for the information of storing.In certain embodiments, the computer-readable recording medium of memory device 304 or memory device 304 is stored following program, module and data structure or its subset:

Operating system 310, comprises for the treatment of various basic system services with for carrying out the task of depending on hardware;

Network communication module (or instruction) 312, for via one or more communication interface 306 and one or more communication network 150(Fig. 2), such as command center system 110 is connected to other computing machine (for example, at the computing machine of electric vehicle 102 and/or the computing machine in power replenishment system 120) by internet, other wide area network, local area network, Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), cordless communication network (comprising cellular network) etc.;

Application module 314 generally includes the multiple procedures/modules for Management Command Center system 110.Such module can for example comprise for example vehicle steady arm module of vehicle identity application 118() and for example battery information application/module of other application 322(); And

DBM 350, can comprise: account database 324, comprises information and related information about user account; And/or subscriber location database, some users in associated user and the particular location at known their place (being for example positioned at user and/or the current user who utilizes one or more vehicle in public service station); And/or battery information data storage apparatus, associated battery and EV and/or storage are for the battery information of battery.

Vehicle identity application (vehicle position module) 118 is arranged to mark and is positioned at the respective electric vehicle adjacent with corresponding power replenishment system.For example vehicle steady arm module of vehicle identity application 118() can comprise with lower interface, module, program and data structure or its subset or superset:

Database interface 316, assists and searches for, retrieves, stores and/or be updated in for example account database 324 of one or more data bank 350() middle data of storing; And

Identification module 318, for example, is positioned at the respective electric vehicle adjacent with corresponding power replenishment system according to various inputs (user totem information) mark.

In certain embodiments, identification module 318 comprises comparator 320, and this comparator is arranged to the data of information that comparison receives from corresponding electric vehicle 102 and at least one database retrieval from account database 324 and subscriber location database.

Other application 322 of command center system 110 comprises for the application of Management Command Center system 110, for example, such as, for creating proper account (user account), presenting for example, for the information of proper account, the remaining sum of renewal proper account (charging afterwards and/or credit), filing accounts information etc. application (or instruction).

Account database 324 comprise user account information, for example with electric vehicle service system 100(Fig. 1) the list of user ID 326 corresponding to registered user.For example the registered user of electric vehicle service system 100 subscribes respective battery service project.Account database 324 can comprise accounts information 327, the account information comprise information about the battery service project of relative users (such as Account Type, residue remaining sum, charging or exchange residue number, due date etc.).Account database 324 generally includes the list with the vehicle 328 of each user-association.Unique user is associated with multiple vehicle be common (member with two or more vehicle of such as family, have the right to use company's vehicle and Personal Transporter employee, have the right to use the user of he/her the vehicle itself and his/her good friend's the vehicle, the frequent chaufeur of hiring a car etc.).

In certain embodiments, account database 324 also comprises battery information 330, the associated respective battery of these battery information mark each vehicle current and in the list of the associated vehicle 328.Battery information 330 can comprise the various information (such as type, age, charging history, temperature history etc.) about respective battery.Can remove battery if the vehicle comprise, the mark of battery will change in time.Alternatively or additionally, in some embodiments of the invention, can for example, in separate databases (battery information data storage apparatus) storage battery information and by the associated data of their the corresponding vehicle of battery and current installation.Utilizing such split cell information database specifically to have in the case of ISP and/or to manage distributes battery favourable to the vehicle of different user.

In certain embodiments, account database 324 comprises that the vehicle use history 332, the vehicle that these vehicle use history identification relative users to use during time predefined section.In certain embodiments, account database 324 comprises battery service history 334, charging or battery swap that this battery service history mark relative users has been asked during time predefined section.The common identified time of battery service history 334, vehicle identity (such as vehicle identification numbers) and for example, about the information of one or more battery of request service (charging historical, for recommendation voltage and current, the size of battery etc. to battery charging) of relative users.

Command center system 110 use local area networks, by internal communication bus or by any other suitably mechanism or mechanism combination come with one or more data bank in command center system 110 inside, such as user account data 324 are communicated by letter.

It should be pointed out that in certain embodiments, comprise still less and/or add-on module, function or data bank in command center system 110.The function of carrying out in a particular embodiment in the module representative shown in command center system 110.

More than the each module in the module of mark and application and application are corresponding to the set of one or more instruction for carrying out one or more function described herein.Without implementing these modules for separating software program, process or module, therefore can combine in various embodiments or rearrange in addition each subset of these modules.In certain embodiments, memory device 304 can be stored the module of above mark and the subset of data structure.In addition, memory device 304 can be stored above add-on module and the data structure of not describing.

Although there is the discrete blocks in Fig. 2 and 3, these figure are intended to the structure of the functional description of some embodiment rather than functional unit in an embodiment to be described.The actual implementation of understanding can be had the functional unit that divides into groups or split among various parts by those of ordinary skills.In practice and as being familiar with in those of ordinary skills, can combining the project illustrating discretely, and can separate some projects.For example in certain embodiments, account database 324 can be split into two separate databases (for example comprise the subscriber identity data storehouse of user ID and the associated vehicle and comprise that the vehicle use the historical data base of history and/or battery service history).

Be used for implementing the treater of command center system 110 and/or number of servers and how among them assigned characteristics will change and can partly depend on the data volume that command center system 110 stores from an implementation to another implementation and also can depend on the data traffic quantity that system must be processed during the use time of peak and mea life.In addition, can on one or more server of the function that is designed to provide a description, implement one or more piece (such as command center system 110, vehicle identity application 118 etc.) in the piece in Fig. 2.Although the description here relates to the special characteristic of implementing in command center system 110 and the special characteristic of implementing in power replenishment system 120, embodiment is not limited to such differentiation.For example can in power replenishment system 120, implement in whole or in part the feature of the part that is described as command center system 110 here, and vice versa.

Fig. 4 is that diagram is according to the diagram of circuit of the method for the mark of some embodiment vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system.Particularly, Fig. 4 illustrates the corresponding operating that power replenishment system/stand 120, command center system 110 and the vehicle 102 are carried out.Command center system 110 is remotely located from electric vehicle 102 conventionally.Command center system 110 can remotely be located from power replenishment system 120, or its public service station of one or more in public service station resident one of (for example at them distribute between resident or some public service station in them) in some cases.For example command center system 110 can be positioned at from the battery public service station with power replenishment system 120 away from and different control center.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, command center system 110 can obtain following information, this information is indicated the user's who seeks battery supplemental services mark associatedly with following corresponding power replenishment system 120, and user seeks such service from these power replenishment systems respectively.For this reason, command center system 110 can obtain the data associated with public service station by user, the current or estimating position that the vehicle of this data indicating user need to supplement.In some embodiment that are described further below, can in subscriber location database, store user-public service station data.In this regard, in various embodiment of the present invention, can at command center, from public service station, (for example, from power replenishment system 120) obtains/receives such user-public service station data, or alternatively or additionally, can for example, directly receive such data from user (from user communication facilities).

For example, according to some embodiment, power replenishment system 120 receives (402) user's user ID (" ID ").ID can comprise unique identification user's user name (for example full name, code name, another name or pseudo-name) or code (for example numbering, letter, binary code or its combination etc.).In certain embodiments, power replenishment system is from can for example, receiving user totem information at user's key chain or card (credit card or tag card) RFID label that comprise or that be attached to this key chain or card.Alternatively, can use any miscellaneous equipment or the article that comprise any other near-field communication (NFC) label or transmitter.In certain embodiments, power replenishment system 120 such as via bluetooth from receiving user ID with the mobile telephone equipment of user-association.In certain embodiments, mobile telephone equipment can send user ID to power replenishment system via Short Message Service (SMS), e-mail, proprietary application etc.Then the power replenishment system 120 that, has received user ID sends (404) user ID to command center system 110.Can be via communication network 150(Fig. 2) send user ID from power replenishment system 120 to command center system 110.Command center system 110 for example receives (406) user's user ID together with particular data from power replenishment system 120, this data indication/mark for example, from public service station/power replenishment system (such data can be the network address or its other identifiers of power replenishment system) of its transmission user ID.Thereby command center system 110 obtains user-public service station data of associated special user and special public service station/power replenishment system.

Alternatively or additionally, in certain embodiments, user can utilize communication facilities (such as vehicular telephone) seek the identification information (for example user can his vehicular telephone typing charging rod identification number) of the power replenishment system of power supplemental services and send power replenishment system identification information to command center system 110 together with user totem information from it as his vehicle to key in him.Thereby command center system 110 for example, directly obtains user-public service station data from user's communication facilities of associated (from).Therefore, command center system 110 can associated special user and special public service station/power replenishment system.Should be understood that, user ID can be the data strip of storing in communication facilities/vehicular telephone of user in this case, or it can be associated with other data strip, these data strips associated with user's communication facilities (for example telephone number can be used as subscriber identity data).In certain embodiments, mobile telephone equipment can directly send user totem information and/or power replenishment system identification information and not send user ID to power replenishment system 120 to command center system 110.Can send data via Short Message Service (SMS), e-mail, proprietary application etc. from user's communication facilities.

In certain embodiments, power replenishment system 120 is initiated (408) battery service.For example power replenishment system 120 can comprise charging rod, and the vehicle 102 can with charging rod electrical hookup (for example, to inserting the charging plug from charging rod in the vehicle 102).Charging rod can send the electricity input for determining the vehicle 102 and charging rod electrical hookup to the vehicle 102.In certain embodiments, the vehicle 102 detect (410) and initiate battery service from the electricity input conduct of charging rod.In certain embodiments, can initially comprise a small amount of test charging (for example, to initiate battery service to the vehicle 102 indications) from the electricity input of charging rod.In certain embodiments, test charging can be used for determining the type of the battery in the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system.Therefore, initiate battery service and can comprise and send a small amount of test charging, but in certain embodiments, initiate battery service until as described below executable operations 426 just in fact to the battery charging in the vehicle.

In certain embodiments, the vehicle 102 send (412) vehicle information to command center system 110.Vehicle information can comprise the data that identify the vehicle.Vehicle information can comprise charging event, these charging event indication vehicle and power replenishment system 120 electrical hookups.But vehicle information does not identify the power replenishment system 120 that the vehicle 102 are coupled with it conventionally.In certain embodiments, charging event pilot cell service (for example charging) is initiated for the vehicle 102.

In certain embodiments, comprise additional data at the vehicle information of 412 transmissions, this additional data comprises the position of the vehicle 102.In the time that the vehicle 102 comprise global positioning system (GPS) receptor, gps receiver can be used for determining the position (being typically expressed as gps coordinate) of the vehicle 102.Although gps coordinate can be used for dwindling the list of potential motive replenishment system, especially for example, for example, there being the power replenishment system that is difficult to be positioned at based on gps coordinate mark separately adjacent with the vehicle 102 (nearest with the vehicle 102) while being positioned at contiguous multiple power replenishment systems (thering is the battery-charging station of multiple charging rods that approach location).Command center system 110(is by communication network 150, conventionally by one or more cordless communication network) receive (414) vehicle information from the vehicle 102.

In certain embodiments, comprise and identify the data of the vehicle 102 and the active user of for example vehicle of user 105(and/or one or more user's associated with the vehicle the list of the mark vehicle at the vehicle information of 412 transmissions) additional data.In this regard, pointing out that the vehicle 102 can be equipped with is suitable for the control system (for example airborne computer) of storage about the user's of the vehicle information.For example airborne computer can be stored following information, the indication of this information can be associated with using the vehicle 102 multiple users' mark, or airborne computer can be suitable for for example, communicate by letter for the data from its reception identifying user with the active user of the vehicle (communicate with equipment, such as vehicular telephone or NFC card).Then send the vehicle information of the data that comprise identifying user 105 at 412 airborne computers from the vehicle.Command center system 110 from the vehicle 102 receive (414) vehicle information, therefore correspondingly can be associated the vehicle 102 and one or more user (with a user 105, this user is the active user who utilizes the vehicle and seek power supplemental services conventionally).

In certain embodiments, power replenishment system 120 send (416) additional information, such as the position of power replenishment system 120 and/or the power replenishment system identifier of unique identification power replenishment system 120.In certain embodiments, additional information comprises charging event.Therefore, in certain embodiments, the charging event receiving from power replenishment system 120 and the charging event receiving from the vehicle 102 can be used for determining that the vehicle 102 are positioned at adjacent with power replenishment system 120.Command center system 110 receives (418) additional information from power replenishment system 120.

Command center system 110 identifies (420) one or more vehicle associated with user's (and/or ID of user).For example command center system 110 can be retrieved the list with one or more vehicle of user-association (for example, with special user-association, receiving this user's mark 406 from public service station).Can be for example from account database 324(Fig. 3) retrieve the list of one or more vehicle.Command center system 110 can for example, from account database 324 retrieving additional informations (vehicle use history 332, install the vehicle of each mark current battery and/or battery service history 334).

Alternatively or additionally, command center system 110 identifies (420) list of one or more user associated with the vehicle 102 respectively.For example this can be based on following additional information, and this information is that send from the vehicle 102 and can comprises one or more user's the list of the vehicle or the active user's of the vehicle mark.Alternatively or additionally, the information that this can send based on the communication facilities from user 105, this information can comprise the identification data of the vehicle 102 of indicating user 105 current uses as noted above.Therefore, according to the present invention by with the user ID for identifying the vehicle information/data of the vehicle and receiving in the 416 additional information/data correlation land productivities that receive are used in 406 of seeking to receive from the user of the service of special power replenishment system 120, in 414, realize in the special vehicle 102 and the vehicle mating between adjacent special power replenishment system 120 with it.As noted above, can receive additional data from user's communication facilities and/or for example, from the vehicle (from its airborne computer).Additional data can comprise or multinomial data in indication the following: the user's of the position (its GPS position) of the vehicle, the current use vehicle mark, the user list associated with the vehicle, the charging event receiving from the vehicle and/or from power replenishment system especially.One or more data memory system (for example data bank) that command center system 110 also can be utilized associated is for storing described additional data and/or for from its retrieval and then more additional datas, this additional data is by relevant the corresponding vehicle of user and their associated (for example, for retrieving with the list of vehicles of special user-association and/or for retrieving the user list associated with the special vehicle).More additional datas can be used for improving coupling (for example accuracy of coupling and/or the speed of matching process), and this coupling is relevant to their corresponding vehicle by serviced by seeking user from the power supplemental services of special power supplemental services station/system.

What for example Fig. 5 diagram was carried out by command center system 110 in some embodiments of the invention is positioned at the mark/matching operation adjacent with power replenishment system for determining with which corresponding vehicle of (if more than one) multiple vehicle of user-association.In other words, command center system 110 identifies/mates (422) vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system.

Once mark is positioned at the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120 (and/or being positioned at the current battery carrying of the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120), command center system 110 can send (424) and be confirmed as being positioned at one or more battery service order that the corresponding vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120 are corresponding.In certain embodiments, sending one or more battery service order (battery information 330 of for example Fig. 3) before, command center system 110 marks are for being confirmed as being positioned at the battery information of the corresponding vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120.

In certain embodiments, power replenishment system 120 is charging rods, and one or more battery service order representative is for the instruction of for example, according to the battery information of mark (charging valtage and/or electric current, the capacity of cell etc. of recommending) the battery charging to the corresponding vehicle.

In certain embodiments, power replenishment system 120 is battery swap systems, and one or more battery service order representative is for such as, exchanging the instruction of the battery of the corresponding vehicle according to the battery information (battery sizes and capacity etc.) of mark.

Fig. 5 is according to the block diagram of the information using in the time that mark is positioned at the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system of some embodiment.Particularly, command center system 110 based on the list of one or more vehicle of user-association and one or more other factors (additional information/data) determine with multiple vehicle of user-association in which corresponding vehicle be positioned at adjacent with power replenishment system.

In certain embodiments, one or more other factors comprises from vehicle 102(for example the operation 412 of Fig. 4) and/or such as charging rod of power replenishment system 120() the charging event 430 that receives.Command center system 110 with multiple vehicle of user-association among determine that the vehicle that recently send charging event are as the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120.In certain embodiments, the charging event that power replenishment system 120 sends is used for the charging event matches sending with the vehicle 102.In certain embodiments, need to for example, in the time predefined window (three minutes) from receiving ID, receive charging event to avoid the error identification vehicle (if first for example user is connected to a charging rod, is then connected to another charging rod, if or user is connected to a charging rod and his/her spouse is connected to another adjacent charging rod).

In certain embodiments, one or more other factors comprises that the vehicle use historical 432.For example command center system 110 with multiple vehicle of user-association among the vehicle that the most frequently use of the vehicle that the most frequently use of identifying user and definite user be to be positioned at the vehicle 102 adjacent with power replenishment system 120.In certain embodiments, command center system 110 determines that the vehicle that user the most frequently uses around the position of power replenishment system 120 are to be positioned at the vehicle 102 adjacent with power replenishment system 120.

In certain embodiments, command center system 110 with among multiple vehicle of user-association, determine the vehicle that user the most frequently used in the time corresponding with current slot.Command center system 110 conventionally identifies for example current time of current slot 438(and/or works as all one day).For example command center system 110 identifies current slot (point in afternoons 7 Monday); The access vehicle use historical for example, to be created on during time predefined section (two months in the past) list at one or more vehicle of the time use corresponding with current slot (point in afternoons 7 Monday); And determine the time corresponding with current slot the vehicle of the most frequent time be to be positioned at the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120.This hypothesis user drives same vehicle at same time weekly.

In certain embodiments, one or more other factors comprises battery service history 434.In one example, command center system 110 is accessed battery service history and for example, is generated power replenishment system 120 with (position-based and/or power replenishment system identifier) for example, the most frequently the list of one or more vehicle of service and the vehicle that definite power replenishment system 120 is the most frequently served are to be positioned at the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120 during predetermined amount of time (two months in the past).Alternatively, command center system 110 can determine that predefined one group of power replenishment system 120(is for example positioned at the power replenishment system in following battery public service station, and concrete power replenishment system 120 is positioned at this battery public service station and/or has received the user's request for the service from this battery public service station) vehicle of the most frequently service are to be positioned at the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120.This hypothesis user is with identical power replenishment system or in same battery public service station service same vehicle.

In certain embodiments, one or more other factors comprises the position of (436) power replenishment system 120 and the position of the vehicle 102.As previously described above, be conventionally difficult to the position based on the vehicle 102 separately and be positioned at the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120 with the station location marker that is positioned at the power replenishment system 120 contiguous with multiple other power replenishment systems.Therefore, at least one factor conventionally and in other factors (event of for example charging 430, the vehicle use history 432, battery service history 434 and the position of power replenishment system and the position of electric vehicle 436) is used the position of power replenishment system 120 and the position of the vehicle 102 in combination.But in certain embodiments, one or more other factors can comprise the position of power replenishment system 120 and the position of the vehicle 102 and without any other factors.In certain embodiments, command center system 110 is used the position of the last report of the vehicle.

In certain embodiments, command center system 110 multiple (for example three or more) factor based in factor determine with multiple electric vehicles of user-association in which corresponding electric vehicle be positioned at adjacent with power replenishment system 120.Generally speaking, combination additional factor improves the accuracy of system.In certain embodiments, multiple (for example three or more) factor based in factor of command center system 110 (that the event of for example charging 430, the vehicle use is historical 432, battery service history 434 and the position of power replenishment system and the position of electric vehicle 436) determine with multiple electric vehicles of user-association in which corresponding electric vehicle be positioned at adjacent with power replenishment system 120.In certain embodiments, probability function has corresponding with corresponding factor separately multiple probability items.Each probability item in probability function is by corresponding weight value weighting.

In certain embodiments, command center system 110 receives user feedback from power replenishment system 120, and this user feedback directive command centring system 110 is determined and is positioned at the vehicle adjacent with power replenishment system 120 exactly.According to user feedback, command center system 110 can be adjusted the corresponding weight value of probability function.

Fig. 6 is illustrating of electric vehicle service system/network 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.Can service implementation system 100 for can via communication network and power supplemental services station (four such public service station shown in this figure 120,120 ', 120 ' ', 120 ' ' ') and with control system 160 installation and/or that electric vehicle carries is communicated by letter in electric vehicle (not specifically illustrating) computer system.Thereby service system 100 is arranged to and is identified near the corresponding vehicle of EV realization service in public service station.

Here, electric vehicle service system 100 is in response to from for example charging rod of power supplemental services station 120(or battery-exchange station) customer data (for example user's request data) receiving and the vehicle data also receiving in response to the control system 160 from EV120 and further in response to additional data.Additional data can comprise with request one or more associated factor of at least one in the user of service of the vehicle 120 and user's the vehicle.For example, as noted above, one or more factor can comprise the customer data relevant with the vehicle (with the vehicle relevant customer data) of the active user's who indicates the vehicle mark and/or can indicate the vehicle position data of the current location of the vehicle or the route of the vehicle.Can be for example from the control system 160 of the vehicle or from another one or more factor of source reception, such as the customer data relevant with the vehicle or vehicle position data.

Electric vehicle service system 100 for example operates, for the treatment of these data strips (user's request data, vehicle data and additional data) to identify the management that is positioned at the corresponding EV in public service station 120 and realizes/promote thus the service providing to the described vehicle.In this regard, system 100 comprises that (for example, via communication network) can be connected to the command center system (being control center) 110 at multiple power supplemental services station 120.Command center system also can reside at one of public service station 120 or distribute between them.

In concrete, the non-restrictive example of Fig. 6, service system 100 presents and comprises for example public service station control system of at least one public service station 120() with the so-called electric vehicle service network of the control center 110 that can communicate by letter with at least one public service station 120.As noted above, can be by utilizing computer system to implement the control system in control center 110 and public service station 120, these computer systems comprise one or more treater and memory device and other parts, this memory stores one or more programs/applications for being carried out by one or more treater.One or more program can comprise instruction, and these instructions are for carrying out according to of the present invention for being identified at the method for EV public service station near.In some embodiments of the invention, public service station or at least some public service station in them also comprise for as following by one or more treater of further illustrational programming instruction.

Public service station control system 120 comprises replenishment control device (control system) 124, and it is associated and be configured and can be used to according to the supplementary machine/circuit arrangement 170 of the additional project actuating battery of hope that this replenishment control device (control system) and battery supplement machine/circuit arrangement 170.Battery supplements machine/circuit arrangement 170 and can for example comprise for the charging rod to EV battery charging and/or it and can comprise the battery swap system that can change EV battery.

In the embodiment of Fig. 6, electric vehicle service system 100 is configured and can be used to the additional project of hope of the EV that determines user, and public service station 120(is its control system 124 for example) comprise Subscriber Identity Module 122 and can be connected to control center's communication module 126 of this Subscriber Identity Module.Communication module 126 is suitable for communicating by letter with the control center that is associated with public service station.Subscriber Identity Module 122 is suitable for obtaining the user's who sends to control center through communication module 126 identification data.

It is for example following data that communication module 126 is passed on customer data UID(to control center 110, and this data indication is for user's request of the power supplemental services from public service station 120).Can pass on customer data UID to control center 110 together with the identification information in public service station 120 or the network address.Communication module 126 receives service data OPD as response from control center 110, and this service data is indicated the power supplemental services being provided by public service station.More specifically, service data OPD can indicate the battery to providing with the electric vehicle of user-association is supplemented to type.Service data OPD can for example comprise operation supplementary instructions/plan ORI, or it can comprise following designation data, can obtain/determine such instruction from this designation data.

Replenishment control device 124 is suitable for supplementing the additional project supplementary EV battery of machine/circuit arrangement 170 to indicate according to operation supplementary instructions ORI from communication module 126 reception operation supplementary instructions ORI and generating run data for operating the battery associated with public service station 120.

As indicated above, service data OPD can comprise operation supplementary instructions ORI.Alternatively or additionally, service data OPD can comprise battery information data BID and may also comprise the profile of indicating user and/or the data EUD that EV uses, can determine operation supplementary instructions ORI from these data.

In various embodiment of the present invention, operation supplementary instructions ORI by with any one in control center 110 or public service station 120 or with them the two associated supplementary processing module 128 determine.Generally speaking, supplementing processing module 128 utilizes battery information data BID to determine one or more preferred battery additional project.For this reason, supplement processing module 128 also can utilize the data of type (being for example charging rod or battery-exchange station) in indication public service station 120 and/or indication in public service station 120 can with the data of possible additional project and the data based on such determine preferred addition scheme.Supplement the EV usage data that processing module 128 also can utilize the historical of indication EV use or its prediction to use, to select optimal additional project among the additional project that can use from public service station 120.

Can operation with any one in charging rod and battery swap system or with them the two associated public service station 120 so that various battery supplemental services, for example, communicating battery such as various charging schemes (fast/slow, completely/part charging) and/or all kinds and charging level to be provided.Thereby operation supplementary instructions ORI can comprise that indication is by the battery supplemental services type of electric vehicle EV supply to user and the data of method and concrete preferred addition scheme (battery charging scheme and/or battery swap preference and/or exchange priority).

Turn to now control center 110, it passes on service data OPD in response to the customer data UID receiving from public service station 120 to this public service station.As indicated above, service data OPD generally includes the peculiar and/or peculiar data of the vehicle of battery.The control center 110 that has received customer data UID from public service station 120 is suitable for determining the battery information of the EV being served by public service station 120.Control center 110 identifies the vehicle of service and obtains and the battery information corresponding to battery of installation thereon (be battery types and may also have concrete battery identification).

General not corresponding one to one between EV and user.The mark of the vehicle adjacent with this public service station also can not be passed in public service station 120 to control center 110.This is because some existing EV standard of supplementing lacks communicating by letter between public service station 120 and the vehicle adjacent with this public service station, therefore public service station 120 mark of unknown such vehicle conventionally.

For this reason, control center 110 comprises (for example being showed by one or more communication/front-end server) communication module, these communication modules comprise EV communication module 112 and station communication module 114, and comprise data processing module, these data processing modules comprise battery information module 116 and vehicle steady arm module 118, and these modules can be connected to communication module for exchange message between them.EV communication module 112 be suitable for one or more EV communicate by letter for receive from it with the associated customer data VUID of the vehicle and with EV relevant data EVD.The communication module of standing 114 is configured and can be used to one or more public service station (for example 120) communication that is associated with control center 110.The communication module of standing 114 is suitable for from public service station (for example 120) and receives indication and seek/ask one or more customer data bar UID of the user of battery supplemental services.Obtain customer data bar UID, this station data STID mark or indication send their respective service station associatedly with station data STID.

Vehicle steady arm module 118 operations that received customer data bar UID from specific service station are for identifying/mate this customer data bar UID and EV communication module 112 is that obtain from EV and the vehicle are associated customer data VUID.Vehicle steady arm module 118 thus associated data EVD and this specific service station relevant with EV, therefore allow to pass on appropriate service data OPD to it.In other words, vehicle steady arm module 118 determines which EV is positioned near specific service station.

In some embodiments of the invention, customer data UID and the customer data VUID associated from the vehicle can comprise the different data contents relevant with user.In such embodiments, vehicle steady arm module 118 can by utilize by these different data content associated customer datas relevant with user record to operate match user data UID and with the associated customer data VUID of the vehicle.

Battery information module 116 is configured and can be used to utilizes the data EVD relevant with EV to determine and battery information BID corresponding to the type of the battery of installing on corresponding EV/identify.Then according to definite battery information BID, the public service station transmit operation data OPD that the communication module of standing 114 is positioned to corresponding EV.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, control center 110 and such as data bank of location data memory storage 144() associated.Subscriber location database 144 can be configured and can be used to storage associated data, the EV(EVD of the associated user (VUID) associated with the vehicle of this associated data and their uses (for example current use)).Such VUID-EVD associated data can for example provide (for example, in the time sending such data from EV in response to the user ID among EV as described above) by EV communication module 112 to data bank.Utilize such VUID-EVD data storage apparatus, vehicle position module 118 can operate with associated user data UID and determine corresponding EV data EVD with the EV(of use in response to the customer data UID for example, receiving from (can be identified by STID) public service station 120) and determine thus the associated STID-EVD between EV and public service station.

Alternatively or additionally, subscriber location database 144 can be configured and can be used to storage associated data, this associated data associated user (UID) with recently identify (for example via their user equipment) they in public service station (STID).Such UID-STID associated data can for example be provided to data bank 144 by station communication module 112.Utilize such UID-STID data storage apparatus, vehicle position module 118 can determine that with associated EV data EVD and public service station STID(STID-EVD is associated in response to the customer data VUID operation relevant with the vehicle receiving from EV).

As described above, vehicle position module 118 provide specific service station (data of for example standing) with by thus service EV between STID-EVD associated.Battery information module 116 utilizes the data EVD relevant with EV to determine EV battery information BID and may also determine EV usage data.Alternatively, according to some embodiment, battery information module 116 comprises battery information data storage apparatus 142 or associated with battery information data storage apparatus 142, and the associated battery of this battery information data storage apparatus and EV and storage are for the battery information of battery.Battery information module 116 utilizes such battery data memory storage can for example, in the type/mark (STID-BID association) of the battery of different public service station service to obtain for the battery information BID of EV, therefore to allow to determine.

As noted above, the service data OPD sending to public service station can be comprised to the data of pilot cell information BID and/or operation supplementary instructions ORI.Under latter event, control center also can comprise the supplementary processing module similar to processing module 128 described above.Supplementing processing module 128 can utilize battery information BID and may also utilize other data to determine the operation supplementary instructions ORI sending to respective service station.

It should be pointed out that public service station communication module 114 can utilize any suitably wired or wireless communication technology for communicating by letter with public service station.This can for example comprise LAN, WLAN (WAN/WIFI), ethernet, internet, phone, honeycomb (for example 3G) network.In the network of some types, itself can or be incorporated into the network address (MAC/IP) in the data STID of station as station data STID.Alternatively or additionally, the data of standing STID can comprise and indicates any data at specific service station, sequence number such as station.In some cases, authentication protocol is used for authenticating/coming into force the communication security in service data STID station and/or assurance and public service station.

EV communication module 112 also can utilize wired or wireless communication technology/network to communicate by letter with one or more EV.It can utilize the similar network of the network that uses to the communication module 114 of standing or the network of other type.EV communication module 112 also can utilize public service station exist local bluetooth or WIFI network to be connected near EV public service station.Communication module 114 can utilize suitable authentication protocol to pass on data between the vehicle and control center.Such agreement can assist the wrong or swindle that prevents vehicle identity data EVD and the customer data VUID relevant with the vehicle to communicate by letter.

As noted above, EV communication module 112(passes through network) receive the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle and the relevant data EVD with the vehicle.According to some embodiments of the present invention, for example with the form of the network address (for example IME/MAC address) of the communication facilities of the vehicle to control center inherently/implicitly pass on the data EVD relevant with the vehicle of identification data.The customer data VUID associated with the vehicle conventionally by the computing machine of the vehicle or the control system of the vehicle 160 from obtaining or obtain by direct (manually) input from user with the user equipment of the user-association of the vehicle.

EV control system 160 be suitably contained in vehicle EV and be suitable for receiving the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle as for example, together with input and data (vehicle/battery identification data) EVD relevant with the vehicle to control center's 110 these data of reception and registration.Conventionally, in some embodiments of the invention, control system 160 comprises one or more treater and memory device, this memory stores one or more program for being carried out by one or more treater.One or more program can comprise as following further illustrational for carrying out the instruction of method of the present invention.

EV control system 160 at least comprises Subscriber Identity Module 162 and vehicle controller 164.Subscriber Identity Module 162 is suitable for obtaining the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle.Vehicle controller 164 can be connected to Subscriber Identity Module 162 and be suitable for obtaining together with the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle and data (EVD) relevant with the vehicle and passing on it to notify the user who drives a conveyance to control center to control center 110 from it.

For this reason, the

Subscriber Identity Module

162 and 122 in the vehicle 160 and public service station 120 can utilize similar data input technology or different technologies.More specifically, the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle and customer data UID can by user to

corresponding module

162 and 122 directly provide, for example by user pass through user input device, such as the artificial data typing of keypad or via with

module

162 and 122 in the user equipment 121 of one or two module relations automatically provide.Unrestricted enumerating for from the proper technology to arbitrary module Automatic Logos user equipment of

module

162 and 122 comprises: Bluetooth communication, WLAN (WIFI), radio frequency identification (RFID) and near-field communication (NFC).By using some technology in these technology, also can pass on safely the data of indicating user by the suitable authentication/technique/protocol that comes into force.Also can be for example with the form of the network address of user equipment 121 to the corresponding vehicle/public service station (for example, to corresponding module 162/122) pass on inherently such data.Also can no matter when be based upon the data of all passing on inherently such indicating user that are connected between user equipment 121 and corresponding module 162/122.

Should be appreciated that generally speaking, different user devices 121 can be used for communicating by letter with 122 with Subscriber Identity Module 162.The identification module 122 that for example credit card can be used for being identified at public service station user above, and be equipped with the vehicular telephone of NFC/ bluetooth can be used for being connected to the Subscriber Identity Module 162 of EV.In this regard, it should be pointed out that the customer data UID passing on to control center via public service station can be different from from EV to the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle that pass on of control center 110.According to above example, customer data UID can be credit number, and the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle can be user's the MAC Address of mobile device and/or other verify data sending from user's equipment.Under these circumstances, control center also utilizes UID-VUID associated data (not shown, for example look-up table or data bank) can mate (allowing to identify UID or contrary in VUID list) between UID and VUID data.

Now with reference to Fig. 7 A to 7C describe according to of the present invention for identify some of method of the electric vehicle adjacent with public service station concrete, but unrestricted embodiment.Should be appreciated that can utilize computerized system or there is one or more treater and carry out these methods with the distributed system/network of one or more memory module of storing one or more program for being carried out by treater.

According to some embodiment, method is carried out by the software module embodying in non-transient computer-readable recording medium, this non-transient computer-readable recording medium storage one or more program for being carried out by one or more treater of computerized system.For example such a or multiple program can comprise the instruction of the either method for carrying out method described below.

Referring now to Fig. 7 A, this figure is that diagram is for identifying the diagram of circuit 700 of the method that is positioned near electric vehicle public service station.This method can for example be implemented by electric vehicle service network 100 described above.More specifically, step 701 is communicated by letter with EV to 710(and the service data of indicating ORI or BID is provided to public service station) implement to be identified near EV public service station by the control center 110 of electric vehicle service network 100.Step 701 ' with 704 ' (obtain the customer data (UID) relevant with the vehicle and obtain customer data (UID) in public service station in the computing machine of the vehicle), the user of EV can be identified respectively by the control system 160,120 in EV and public service station.These processes occurred before the

control step

701 and 704 of control center.According to some embodiments of the present invention, in preliminary step 701 ' and 704 ' before, technology that utilization can embed in user's handheld device, such as NFC carrys out identifying user.For example customer data UID can wirelessly be passed on to the control system 120 in public service station by such handheld device.

For this reason, should be understood that, here should explain that the battery types of the mark of mark EV or the battery identification of mark EV or mark EV, the content of all these data relevant with electric vehicle that provide with the vehicle according to the embodiment of hope of the present invention are provided EV.

Sequence of steps 701 to 703(communicates by letter, provides EV data and vehicle customer data and the record associated data about customer data and public service station data with EV) in response to being carried out by control center from EV and/or from the data in public service station.With the approaching public service station of each user (in public service station mark itself) in combination sequence of steps 704 to 706(communicate by letter, obtain from public service station customer data and record with public service station about the associated data of customer data and public service station data).Can walk abreast or carry out these processes 701 to 703 and 704 to 706 according to any suitable order.

Therefore,, in step 701, between control center and EV, set up and communicate by letter.This communication can be for example used the vehicle to initiate (for example 160 in Fig. 1) by the control system of EV in response to user/customer equipment identification indicating user user of the control system of EV.Alternatively or additionally, according to some embodiments of the present invention, that communication can be initiated by control center is approaching for inquiring/and the EV that is positioned at specific service station to be to generate to relative users for the request of identification information (user's mark or customer data) that he is provided.Initiated by control system in the situation that, can send corresponding notification message in communication via user's telephone equipment, this telephone equipment can not be the part of this user equipment of communicating by letter with the control system of the vehicle.The mode of communicating by letter with service system (control center and/or power supplemental services station) according to the control system of the contracting definition EV of the previous foundation between user/vehicle and service system.

In step 702, with the connection setup of EV after, control center receive data (EVD) relevant with EV that the control system of EV provides and with the associated customer data (VUID) of the vehicle.Alternatively, in step 703, with EV(and EV data) the associated customer data VUID of associated ground storage and the vehicle in VUID-EVD data storage apparatus.Such data logging can be used for determining the relation between user and the vehicle subsequently.

In step 704, for example, between control center and power supplemental services station (120 in Fig. 1), set up and communicate by letter.Such communication can be initiated by public service station in response to the customer data receiving in public service station (seeking to receive from it mark of user of service); Or communication can be initiated by control center, the vehicle data EVD wherein receiving in response to the control system from the vehicle generates the request for customer data to public service station with the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle.

Pass on customer data UID in step 705 to control center, and obtain customer data UID with indicate associated between the data (STID) in public service station.Alternatively, in step 706, in the user's in different public service station UID-STID data storage apparatus (data bank), store this association in indication.

In step 707, the data handler of the service system data handler of control center (in this example for) operation for the data of analyzing reception to find mating to determine associated data UID-VUID between the customer data VUID associated with the vehicle obtaining from the control system of EV and the customer data UID obtaining from public service station.Associated between the public service station that the indication of this associated data is currently located at the vehicle of request service and such vehicle.By utilize the associated data UID-STID between user and public service station obtaining at the associated data VUID-EVD between the vehicle and user with in step 705 obtaining in step 702, obtain the associated data EVD-STID between electric vehicle and public service station.This associated data EVD-STID indicates the position of specific EV specific service station near.

In step 708 after previously described

step

702 and 709, service system (for example control center) is about the concrete EV generating run supplementary instructions ORI of mark in step 702.In step 708, the data EVD relevant with electric vehicle is used for determining the battery types/mark of the vehicle and obtains relevant with it battery information.It should be pointed out that in some embodiments of the invention, the data EVD relevant with electric vehicle itself can comprise pilot cell type/mark or usually pilot cell information (BID) data or formed by these data.In such embodiments, can remove step 708.In some other embodiment, can obtain battery information BID from data bank (data storage apparatus), content and the battery information BID of the associated data EVD relevant with electric vehicle of this data bank (data storage apparatus).

Step 709 can be carried out by control center or by power supplemental services station.In this step, process and use battery information BID to determine the operation supplementary instructions ORI about the vehicle.As noted above, can comprise preferably/suitably battery supplementary (charging/exchange) scheme of such instruction.As also pointed out above like that, vehicle data that such instruction can be based on obtaining in step 708, such as vehicle use.

In step 710, service system (for example control center) operation is for generating run data OPD, this service data comprises for (in 708 acquisitions) the battery information BID of the vehicle and/or (in 709 acquisitions) operation supplementary instructions ORI, and the public service station being positioned to (as determined 707) vehicle passes on this service data OPD.Alternatively, as noted above, then can perform step 709 to determine the operation supplementary instructions ORI in public service station.Then operation supplementary instructions ORI can be used for providing power supplemental services (step 711) to the vehicle by the corresponding establishment in public service station (charging rod or switching station).

Be to be understood that and as noted above, service system can to supplement the control system at station associated with the power with multiple battery service facilities (charging rod and/or battery-exchange station).Therefore, " control center " described above can supplement the control system of standing by power and form, and this control system can be communicated by letter with the control system of battery service facility with the control system of EV.Therefore, for example user is logged in mark itself (providing customer data to this control center) before the control center that power supplements station via the data of the control unit to concrete charging rod, and the control system of user's the vehicle to power supplement the control center transmission at the station data relevant with the vehicle and with the associated customer data of the vehicle.The control center that power supplements station processes and analyzes these data and to corresponding charging rod generating run data OPD and operation supplementary instructions ORI.

Referring now to Fig. 7 B, this figure is near the diagram of circuit 712 of the example of the method that allows the mark vehicle for public service station time carried out of control system (for example 160 in Fig. 1) that the vehicle are shown.First,, in step 721, the control system of the operation vehicle is with the user of the obtain/mark vehicle.As noted above, this can for example, by utilizing the communicate by letter-step 721A-between the control system of the vehicle and user equipment (enabling the equipment of bluetooth and/or NFC, RFID equipment) to realize or can input (step 721B) via the user of the control system to the vehicle and realize.Can any time before the power that needs the supplementary vehicle in public service station perform step 721.For example can operate it with before bringing into use the vehicle user or just sought mark/customer data of user before the vehicle receive power supplemental services.

In step 722, provide relevant data (EV data) EVD of the vehicle.This can, step 721 before or after execution parallel with step 721.Provide the relevant data EVD of the vehicle to comprise the type of battery or the vehicle identity data (step 722A) of mark that obtain the indication vehicle.Identification data can comprise vehicle unique identifier (such as license plate numbers or chassis number) or battery identification data (such as the unique sequence number of battery and/or battery types).Can be in the addressable memory device of the control system of the vehicle 160 hard or soft coding vehicle identity data.Be data relevant with battery at identification data, it can be stored in the memory device facility of battery unit/bag itself and be accessed by control system 160.

In optional step 722B, also operate the control system of the vehicle to obtain the battery status information embedding in the relevant data EVD of the vehicle.Such battery status information can for example comprise the data of the current battery charge level of indication and/or previous power operating characteristic (so-called " battery history ").Such data can be used for determining that the expectation power of battery under different charge conditions supplements.In addition, in optional step 722C, the data that the vehicle/battery uses are estimated in the indication that the relevant data EVD that also can obtain at the vehicle comprises.For example such data can comprise the data of the GPS of indication journey distance and/or journey destination and/or the vehicle.Can be for example from associated with the control system of the vehicle and can be can not be that the GPS service/facility of the part of user equipment obtains such data.

Finally, in step 723, the control system of the vehicle and control center communicate by letter with provide to it the data EVD relevant with the vehicle and with the associated customer data VUID of the vehicle.Such communication can be for example by the manual instantiation of user of the vehicle.Also can the such communication of automatic instantiation in the time that the vehicle are connected to the charging rod in public service station or for example, for example, in the time of the access point (WIFI/BT) at the control system identification service station of the vehicle (120 in Fig. 1), and/or communication can be initiated by the control system at battery supplemental services station (command center) and any other suitable trigger event.

Fig. 7 C is the diagram of circuit 730 of an embodiment of the method for control system (for example 120 in Fig. 1) execution at diagram power supplemental services station.This method comprises the step 731 from receive customer data with the user of request service.With in the step 721 of the method for describing with reference to Fig. 7 B above, provide customer data UID similarly, in this example of Fig. 7 C, can from user's equipment (step 731A) or user to corresponding system---this system can be the control system of the vehicle or the control system in public service station---input (step 731B) obtain customer data.

In step 732, between public service station and control center, set up and communicate by letter, wherein in step 732A, provide public service station identification data (STID) with together with user's data (UID) to control center, and in step 732B, public service station receives response data from control station, and this response data comprises the service data of the vehicle (supplementing the power of these vehicle) for service-user.In step 733, extract operation supplementary instructions (ORI) data, supplement (step 734) by utilizing ORI operation complementary module to realize power thus from the service data receiving.

Therefore, the invention provides and promote to supplement station service electric vehicle at power.Service system of the present invention can with the control system at power supplemental services station and/or to be connected to the control system of central station at multiple power supplemental services station associated.Service system operation for identifying user at specified power supplemental services station (or the specific service facility in this public service station) the vehicle and be provided for serving the optimum supplementary instructions of the concrete vehicle.

The person skilled in the art will easily understand various modifications and change in claims and the defined by the appended claims scope that can be applied to embodiments of the invention described above and do not depart from it.Particularly, those of ordinary skills will be familiar with, and the computer system that is arranged in power replenishment system 120 can be carried out one or more that be described as the operation carried out by command center system 110 and operate.In other words, the operation that is described as being carried out by command center system 110 can be carried out by the computer system that is positioned at power replenishment system 120 or battery public service station.

For purposes of illustration, describe above and describe with reference to specific embodiment.But above example discussion is not intended to exhaustive the present invention or makes the present invention be limited to disclosed precise forms.Many modifications and variations in view of above instruction be possible.Select and describe embodiment to principle of the present invention and practical application thereof are described best, to make thus others skilled in the art can utilize best the present invention and the various embodiment just like various modifications applicable for the special use of imagination.

Claims

1. for promoting to serve a service system for electric vehicle, described service system comprises: one or more communication module, for being connected to communication network, and treater facility, be configured and can be used to execution the following: reception and processing are used for identifying user data from user's request data at least one power supplemental services station, reception and processing comprise at least specifically particular data of vehicle data from the data of the control system of the vehicle for identifying, and process described customer data and described at least concrete vehicle data, mark is positioned at described power and supplements the corresponding vehicle at station, and generate the data of the described corresponding vehicle of indication, realize thus the Service Management of the described corresponding vehicle.

2. system according to claim 1, wherein said particular data comprises that indication is used the user's of the described vehicle the customer data associated with the vehicle.

3. according to the system described in claim 1 or 2, wherein said treatment facility is configured and can be used to execution the following: obtain one or more factor associated with in the described vehicle and described user at least one, the list of the described mark for marking based on described user and multiple vehicle of described user-association, and utilize described one or more factor with determine with described multiple vehicle of described user-association in which corresponding vehicle be positioned at that to supplement station adjacent with described power.

4. system according to claim 3, wherein comprises at least one factor in described factor at described particular data.

5. system according to claim 3, wherein said one or more factor comprises in the following one or multinomial: from being positioned at charging event that the described vehicle adjacent with described power supplemental services station receive, using historical, the battery service history with described user-association, the position of the described vehicle with the vehicle of described user-association.

6. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 5, at least one item that wherein said treatment facility is configured and can be used to by carrying out in the following identifies the described corresponding vehicle:

(a) mate described customer data and indication and use the user's of the described vehicle the associated customer data with the vehicle,

(b) process the described data of the described list of indication by utilizing one or more factor associated with in the described vehicle and described user at least one to filter indication and the data of the list of multiple vehicle of described user-association, described filtration comprises at least one item in the following:

I) utilize with the vehicle and the battery of described user-association and use at least one in history and determine that the frequent vehicle that use of described user are described corresponding vehicle,

Ii) mate the charging event data receiving from the particular vehicle described list and the charging event of supplementing station reception from described power,

Iii) the position and the described power that mate the particular vehicle in described list supplement the position of standing.

7. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 6, be configured and can operate as the control center that can be connected to one or more power supplemental services station via described communication network, described one or more communication module comprises: electric vehicle (EV) communication module, be configured and can be used to and communicate by letter with the control system of multiple EV and at least receive described vehicle data from described control system, the communication module of standing, be configured and can be used to the supplementary station of described one or more power and communicate by letter and receive for supplementing station from described one or more power the described user's request data that at least comprises described customer data.

8. according to the system described in claim 6 or 7, comprise: vehicle steady arm module, is suitable for utilizing the data that receive from the described control system of the described vehicle and the data of supplementing station reception from described one or more power to supplement station to determine near the specified power that the described vehicle are positioned at it.

9. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 6 to 8, wherein said EV communication module is arranged to the conciliation that supplements station by power and communicates by letter with the described control system of the described vehicle, and described power supplements station, and to be that near the described specified power described vehicle is supplementary stand.

10. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 7 to 9, comprise: battery information module, be suitable for the supplementary respective operations data of power of utilizing described vehicle data and being identified for the described vehicle, described station communication module is suitable for supplementing station to described specified power and sends described service data.

11. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 6, the control system of supplementing station with described power is associated, described system comprises: identification module, for at least obtaining and ask the described customer data of the user-association of power supplemental services, described one or more communication module comprises: control center's communication module, can be connected to described identification module and be suitable for communicating by letter with control center at least sending described customer data to described control center and receiving the respective operations data of described power supplemental services from described control center, described system is further: replenishment control device, can be connected to described control center communication module and be suitable for receiving the described service data of supplementing the associated described power replenishment system in station with described power for operating.

12. systems according to claim 11, wherein said identification module is suitable for carrying out at least one in the following:

(a) be used for receiving described customer data from described user equipment with communications of user equipment,

(b) communicate by letter for receiving described vehicle data from described control system with the described control system of the described vehicle,

(c) communicate by letter with the described control system of the described vehicle for receiving described customer data,

(d) at least one item from the control system of described user equipment and the described vehicle obtains the corresponding data associated with the vehicle of passing on to described control center.

13. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 12, and the supplementary station of at least one power that wherein said power supplements in station comprises battery charging rod.

14. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 13, and the supplementary station of at least one power that wherein said power supplements in station comprises battery-exchange station.

15. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 14, wherein at least one power supplements station and comprises identification module, and described identification module comprises and being suitable for near communications of user equipment described public service station for receive at least one communication facilities of RFID, NFC, BT and WIFI communication facilities of described customer data from described user equipment.

16. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 15, and wherein said one or more communication module is configured and can be used to communications of user equipment for receive at least one of the following from described user equipment: described vehicle data, indication use the described vehicle user the associated customer data with the vehicle and with the described vehicle and described user at least one associated one or more factor.

17. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 16, is suitable for the control system radio communication of the described vehicle for receiving at least one of the following from described control system at least partly: described vehicle data, indication use the described vehicle user the associated customer data with the vehicle and with the described vehicle and described user at least one associated one or more factor.

18. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 17, and wherein said treater facility is configured and can be used to the battery information of the described vehicle of mark and supplements station to described specified power and pass on for serving the service data of described battery.

19. systems according to claim 18, wherein said service data comprises at least one in described battery information and battery supplementary scheme.

20. systems according to claim 19, wherein said battery supplementary scheme is determined according to described battery information and is comprised the service data of at least one of indication in the following: for the service data of the battery charging to the described vehicle with for changing the service data of described battery of the described vehicle.

21. according to the system described in the arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 20, and wherein said treatment facility is suitable for determining whether to authorize described user to receive the power supplemental services for the described corresponding vehicle.

22. 1 kinds for serving the method for electric vehicle, described method comprises: reception and processing are used for identifying user data from user's request data at least one power supplemental services station, reception and processing comprise at least specifically particular data of vehicle data from the data of the control system of the vehicle for identifying, and process described customer data and described at least concrete vehicle data, mark is positioned at the described corresponding vehicle at described power supplemental services station, and generate the data of the described corresponding vehicle of indication, realize thus the Service Management of the described corresponding vehicle.

23. methods according to claim 22, wherein said particular data comprises that indication is used the user's of the described vehicle the customer data associated with the vehicle.

24. according to the method described in claim 22 or 23, comprise: obtain one or more factor associated with in the described vehicle and described user at least one, the list of the described mark for marking based on described user and multiple vehicle of described user-association, and utilize described one or more factor with determine with described multiple vehicle of described user-association in which corresponding vehicle be positioned at that to supplement station adjacent with described power.

25. methods according to claim 24, wherein said one or more factor comprises in the following one or multinomial: the charging event that receives from the described vehicle adjacent with described power supplemental services station, with the vehicle of described user-association use historical, with the battery service history of described user-association and the position of the described vehicle.

26. according to the method described in the arbitrary claim in claim 22 to 25, and the described corresponding traffic tool bag of wherein said mark is drawn together at least one in the following:

(a) coupling indication is used the user's of the described vehicle the customer data associated with the vehicle and described customer data,

(b) provide with the list of multiple vehicle of described user-association and by utilize with the described vehicle and described user at least one associated one or more because of usually filtering described list, described filtration comprises at least one item in the following:

Ii) mate the charging event receiving from the particular vehicle described list and the charging event of supplementing station reception from described power,

27. according to the method described in the arbitrary claim in claim 22 to 26, comprises the supplementary respective operations data of power of utilizing described vehicle data and being identified for the described vehicle.

28. according to the method described in the arbitrary claim in claim 22 to 27, comprises at least one in the following:

(b) communicate by letter for receiving described vehicle data from described control system with the described control system of described EV,

(c) communicate by letter with the described control system of described EV for receiving described customer data,

(d) at least one item from the control system of described user equipment and described EV obtains the corresponding data associated with the vehicle of at least one that comprise in the following: described vehicle data, indication use the described vehicle user with the associated customer data of the vehicle and with the described vehicle and described user at least one associated one or more factor.

29. according to the method described in the arbitrary claim in claim 22 to 28, comprises and identifies the battery information of the described corresponding vehicle and supplement station to described specified power and pass on for serving the service data of described battery.

30. methods according to claim 29, comprise and utilize described battery information and determine described service data according to described battery information; Described service data comprises the battery supplementary scheme of at least one of indication in the following: for the service data of the battery charging to the described vehicle with for changing the service data of described battery of the described vehicle.

31. according to the method described in the arbitrary claim in claim 22 to 30, comprises and determines whether to authorize described user to receive the power supplemental services for the described corresponding vehicle.